000 AGXX40 KNHC 241714 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 PM EDT MON MAR 24 2008 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT CURRENTLY FROM NEAR FT MYERS FLORIDA TO THE WESTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA...WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING. NE WINDS 20-25 KT WILL DECREASE FROM W TO E TONIGHT WITH WINDS BECOMING E TO SE W OF 90W EARLY TUE AS THE HIGH OVER THE SE U.S. MOVES E. THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS OVER THE WESTERN GULF TUE NIGHT THROUGH THU WITH SLY WINDS INCREASING TO 15-20 KT THEN DECREASE SOME ON FRI THEN BECOMING LIGHT SE ON SAT. ATLC DISSIPATING FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N72W TO WESTERN CUBA... A SECOND STRONG COLD FRONT MOVED OFF THE COAST EARLIER THIS MORNING AND EXTENDS FROM 31N75W TO S FLORIDA. THE SECOND FRONT WILL CATCH UP WITH THE DISSIPATING FRONT THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO GALE FORCE BRIEFLY ON TUE N OF 30N E OF 75W THEN BELOW GALE FORCE TUE NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N68W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE EARLY TUE THEN FROM 26N65W TO HISPANIOLA TUE NIGHT AND E OF THE AREA WED. WINDS DECREASE FROM W TO E TUE NIGHT AND WED AS HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT. HIGH PRES TO THE N OF THE AREA WILL KEEP A STRONG ENOUGH GRADIENT S OF AROUND 26N FOR 20 KT WINDS LATE WED THROUGH FRI...THEN DECREASE SAT. STRONG LATE SEASON COLD FRONT CURRENTLY IN THE SE GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN THIS EVENING AND EXTEND FROM WINDWARD PASSAGE TO HONDURAS LATER TONIGHT AND HISPANIOLA TO WED THEN DISSIPATE THU. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT BEHIND THE FRONT LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WED THEN DECREASE THU AS THE FRONT DISSIPATES. OTHERWISE TYPICAL NE TO E TRADES OVER THE CENTRAL AND E CARIBBEAN WILL CHANGE LITTLE. WARNINGS... ATLC... GALE WARNING TUE N OF 30N E OF 75W BEHIND FRONT. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS